Jeremy Corbyn re-elected: what now for Labour?
Posted by: hungryhalibut on 24 September 2016
It's hardly unexpected, but Jeremy has been re-elected with a larger mandate than last year. At a time when the country is about to embark on Brexit, which will affect the country for years to come, an effective opposition is critical, yet for the past year Labour has been looking inwards and fighting amongst themselves, rather than pulling together and doing what it's supposed to be doing. This can go one of two ways; MPs rally behind the leader with a massive mandate from the membership, or they continue to bicker and backstab and blow the party apart. While I didn't vote for Jeremy he now has the mandate and in my view it's the party's responsibility to get behind him, whether they want to or not. Jeremy too needs to make concessions, including on how the shadow cabinet is elected. I do so hope they can find a compromise and move forwards, as recent months have been an appalling display.